By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Muhammad Bello has given a matching order to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to crush anyone found vandalising public facilities in the territory.
He gave the order on Thursday in Abuja, during the handling over of a sixty unit of high-tech Hilux vehicle procured for security agencies that have their presence in the territory.
The Minister also declared five hundred million naira for the six area councils, for the commencement of community policing in the territory.
Agencies that benefited from the vehicles include Nigeria Police, The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Correction Services, the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Air Force, the Federal Road Safety Commission, with the religious bodies which formed parts of FCT security Community.
The Minister who frowned at the level of vandalisation on bridges railings, manholes, Solar panels of some of traffic light and road intersection among other facilities, directed the commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr Abubakar Audi represented by Deputy Commandant General in charge of Disaster and crises management, Dr NNAMDI Nnwnyi to be more vigilant.
He asked them to beam search light on the activities of scavengers popularly known as ‘abanbola’ whose acts have become inimical to the present security architecture of the territory.
The Minister charged the Commandant General to also monitor the FCT commandant, in making good use of the vehicles given to the civil defense.
Bello who admonished all security agencies in the territory to live up to the expectations assured the residents of improved security with the provision of the sixty unit vehicles.
